On day 4 of our bus tour, we departed from Yellowstone early in the morning so that we could get out of the national park before 10:00 a.m. when the east exit road was going to be closed for construction. This was also a sort of mystery bus tour because our original destination for the night was Billings, Montana. However, Montana was experiencing severe flooding with road closures where we were going. So overnight Insight had to arrange a different hotel for this night, including finding a new restaurant for the evening meal. They did an excellent job with this last minute change.
That day we travelled through Shoshone Canyon and Absaroka Rocky Mountains to the Wild West town of Cody, Wyoming, home of Buffalo Bill Cody (he of the Wild West Show fame).
Absaroka Rocky Mountains
Buffalo Bill Historical Centre - Cody, Wyoming
This centre was built in honour of Buffalo Bill Cody, and actually consists of five different museums under one roof, with shared admission centre, food, seating, etc. The five museums are: (1) Yellowstone Natural History; (2) Buffalo Bill; (3) Plains Indian Peoples; (4) Whitney Gallery of Western Art; and (5) Firearms Museum. We spent about 3 hours there and were very impressed with this complex.
Plains Indians Museum
Buffalo Bill Museum
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| Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show toured Europe and include a command performance for Queen Victoria Whitney Gallery of Western Art     |
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